Drillia tripter

Drillia tripter
Drawing of a shell of Drillia tripter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. tripter
Binomial name
Drillia tripter
Von Maltzan, 1883 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Crassispira tripter Maltzan, H.F. von, 1883
  • Pleurotoma tripter Paetel, 1888

Drillia tripter is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The light violaceous shell has a wide and shallow anal sinus.The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 23 mm. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal, Ghana)

References

  1. ↑ von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.
  2. 1 2 Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 208; 1884
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